Body weight management device

Abstract

A body weight management device includes a body weight obtainment unit that obtains measurement data in which a body weight measurement value and a measurement day/time are associated with each other, an increase/decrease amount calculation unit that calculates a target intra-day variation amount by which the body weight varies during sleep, a target obtainment unit that calculates a target value when measuring a pre-sleep body weight value at a second timing before the measurement subject sleeps relative to a post-waking body weight value that is measured at a first timing after the measurement subject wakes, an advice obtainment unit that obtains advice information regarding meals to achieve the target value, based on a result of comparing a pre-meal body weight value measured at a third timing prior to a meal with a threshold value, and an output processing unit that outputs the obtained advice information.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A body weight management device comprising:
 a body weight obtainment unit that obtains measurement data in which a body weight measurement for a measurement subject and a measurement day/time are associated with each measurement, the measurement data including a post-waking body weight at a first timing after the measurement subject wakes, a pre-sleep body weight at a second timing before the measurement subject sleeps, and a pre-meal body weight at a third timing prior to a meal eaten by the measurement subject; 
 an increase/decrease amount calculation unit that calculates a target intra-day change amount based on a nighttime body weight decrease obtained from the measurement data which is an amount by which the body weight decreases during sleep; 
 a target obtainment unit that, based on the target intra-day change amount and the post-waking body weight, calculates an evening target body weight which is a targeted pre-sleep body weight to be obtained at the second timing; 
 an advice obtainment unit that obtains advice information regarding meals to achieve the evening target body weight, based on a result of comparing the pre-meal body weight measured at the third timing with a threshold value; and 
 an output unit that outputs the obtained advice information. 
 
     
     
       2. The body weight management device according to  claim 1 , wherein the advice obtainment unit derives the threshold value using the evening target body weight. 
     
     
       3. The body weight management device according to  claim 2 , wherein the advice obtainment unit calculates differences between the pre-meal body weight and the pre-sleep body weight for each day from multiple pieces of obtained measurement data, and calculates the threshold value based on the calculated differences and the evening target body weight. 
     
     
       4. The body weight management device according to  claim 3 , wherein
 the advice obtainment unit includes a segmentation unit that segments body weights in predetermined ranges including the evening target body weight and the threshold value into multiple ranges; 
 different pieces of the advice information are associated with each of the ranges into which the body weights are segmented; and 
 the advice obtainment unit obtains the advice information associated with a range, of the multiple ranges, to which the pre-meal body weight belongs. 
 
     
     
       5. The body weight management device according to  claim 3 , wherein
 a representative value is calculated for the calculated differences; and 
 the threshold value is calculated by subtracting the representative value from the evening target body weight. 
 
     
     
       6. The body weight management device according to  claim 1 , wherein the increase/decrease amount calculation unit calculates the target intra-day change amount based on an intra-day target increase/decrease amount of the body weight and the nighttime body weight decrease. 
     
     
       7. The body weight management device according to  claim 1 , wherein the advice information includes information regarding a meal amount. 
     
     
       8. The body weight management device according to  claim 1 , wherein the advice information includes information regarding meal content. 
     
     
       9. The body weight management device according to  claim 8 , further comprising:
 an image obtaining unit that obtains an image obtained by capturing an image of each meal after the third timing; and 
 a determination unit that determines whether or not an intra-day target has been achieved based on the pre-sleep body weight and the evening target body weight; wherein 
 the information regarding the meal content includes the image obtained by capturing an image of the meal. 
 
     
     
       10. The body weight management device according to  claim 9 , wherein the information regarding the meal content includes, of the images obtained by capturing images of the meals, images obtained by capturing images of the meals on days when it has been determined that the intra-day target has been achieved. 
     
     
       11. A body weight management method that manages a measurement subject's body weight using a computer, the method comprising:
 obtaining measurement data in which a body weight measurement of the measurement subject and a measurement day/time are associated with each measurement, the measurement data including a post-waking body weight at a first timing after the measurement subject wakes, a pre-sleep body weight at a second timing before the measurement subject sleeps, and a pre-meal body weight at a third timing prior to a meal eaten by the measurement subject; 
 storing the measurement data in a memory; 
 reading out the measurement data from the memory and calculating a target intra-day change amount based on a nighttime body weight decrease obtained from the read-out measurement data which is an amount by which the body weight decreases during sleep; 
 calculating, based on the target intra-day change amount and the post-waking body weight, an evening target body weight which is a targeted pre-sleep body weight to be obtained at the second timing; 
 obtaining advice information regarding meals to achieve the evening target body weight, based on a result of comparing the pre-meal body weight measured at the third timing with a threshold value; and 
 outputting the obtained advice information. 
 
     
     
       12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a computer program for causing a computer to execute a body weight management method, the method comprising:
 obtaining measurement data in which a body weight measurement of the measurement subject and a measurement day/time are associated with each measurement, the measurement data including a post-waking body weight at a first timing after the measurement subject wakes, a pre-sleep body weight at a second timing before the measurement subject sleeps, and a pre-meal body weight at a third timing prior to a meal eaten by the measurement subject; 
 storing the measurement data in a memory; 
 reading out the measurement data from the memory and calculating a target intra-day change amount based on a nighttime body weight decrease obtained from the read-out measurement data which is an amount by which the body weight decreases during sleep; 
 calculating, based on the target intra-day change amount and the post-waking body weight, an evening target body weight which is a targeted pre-sleep body weight to be obtained at the second timing; 
 obtaining advice information regarding meals to achieve the evening target body weight, based on a result of comparing the pre-meal body weight measured at the third timing with a threshold value; and 
 outputting the obtained advice information. 
 
     
     
       13. A body weight management system comprising:
 a measurement device that measures body information of a measurement subject; and 
 an information processing device; wherein 
 the measurement device includes:
 a body weight obtainment unit that measures a body weight of the measurement subject; and 
 an output unit that outputs measurement data in which a body weight measurement and a measurement day/time are associated with each measurement, the measurement data including a post-waking body weight at a first timing after the measurement subject wakes, a pre-sleep body weight at a second timing before the measurement subject sleeps, and a pre-meal body weight at a third timing prior to a meal eaten by the measurement subject; and 
 
 the information processing device includes:
 a receiving unit that receives the measurement data outputted from the measurement device; 
 an increase/decrease amount calculation unit that calculates a target intra-day change amount f based on a nighttime body weight decrease obtained from the measurement data which is an amount by which the body weight decreases during sleep; 
 a target obtainment unit that, based on the target intra-day change amount and the post-waking body weight, calculates an evening target body weight which is a targeted pre-sleep body weight to be obtained at the second timing; 
 an advice obtainment unit that obtains advice information regarding meals to achieve the evening target body weight, based on a result of comparing the pre-meal body weight measured at the third timing with a threshold value; and 
 an output unit that outputs the obtained advice information.